"Action" Part 2

[dovelike]

With Clark bouncing between the Luthor estate and Metropolis, Eirene volunteers to take Rachel for safekeeping over to Queen Towers. Oliver Queen isn't someone she's met before, but Clark has assured her that two ladies making themselves comfortable in his penthouse isn't something the billionaire will mind. One of these days, she'd like to actually meet him.

Rachel is pacing back and forth across the room. "Eirene, I'm sorry for what you saw in Clark's loft." She actually looks embarrassed about it, which endears her a little further to the goddess. But still, "Rehearsing lines?" Eirene shakes her head and smiles, accepting the apology and the young woman in the same breath. Everyone wants to be loved.

"It's in his eyes. You're the center of Clark's universe. I've only seen love like that once in my life." The wistful tone has Eirene glances up again. "What happened?" Rachel makes a face, "The director yelled 'cut.'"

That's possibly the saddest thing she's heard all day, and is about to expound on that, thinking maybe she can give the actress an ego boost about her own self worth when the doorbell rings. Knowing that only key personnel have been told where they are, Eirene lets the production assistant in once he's verified he's got call sheets for the next day.

Which is when things go a little awry. Ben, the guy, tasers Rachel right in front of her, but instead of running, which would be the human reaction, Eirene kneels down to make sure she's alright, obviously confusing their assailant.

"Sorry, Eirene. But there's a hero living among us, and there's only one way he'll accept his calling. You need to die." He tugs her away from the prone figure, electricity dancing along the wires of his device, and begins tying her hands together.

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[hero_farmboy]

It's been a long night. Lex was, in fact, helpful in not only pinpointing the quote, but the scene it was used in, one the film crew was preparing to shoot. The villain shoots the heroine, who dies in the comics but not the movie. Clark made sure the movie kept it's own ending by catching the real bullet planted in the supposedly prop gun.

But Rachel wasn't safe yet. Clark and Chloe discovered it was a production assistant, Ben Meyers, behind the attacks, and he'd seen Clark use his abilities. He now wanted Clark to fulfill his "destiny" as a true hero for the real world, but Clark didn't know what that meant.

"Just like Devilicus made Warrior Angel stand up and save the world. You need help. You just don't know it yet."

It was Chloe who put the last piece in place, allowing Clark to realize what Ben had planned: He was going to force Clark to become a hero by taking away what meant the most to him.

"Eirene."